New London Spicer

NEW LONDON –– It’s not unusual for friendships between middle school-aged girls to be accompanied by a large dollop of self-doubt and a dose of drama that can lead to conflicts in and out of classrooms. In an effort to boost the self-esteem of its fifth-grade girls and encourage...

NEW LONDON — New London-Spicer won the robotics competition Saturday and Dream Technical Academy of Willmar won the Rookie Award at the third annual MN BEST robotics competition. BEST stands for Boosting Engineering, Science & Technology. The competition was held at New London-Spicer...

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board on Monday approved the district’s 2014-2015 budget and received an update on the district’s plans to put a $14 million building project on the November ballot for voter approval of bonding. The budget includes general fund revenues...

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board on Monday approved a resolution cutting $157,564 from the district’s budget for the upcoming 2014-2015 school year. The reductions included the non-renewal of one teacher’s contract, that of probationary middle school reading...

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board on Monday held the annual truth in taxation hearing and unanimously approved the 2013 payable 2014 levy of $3,942,020. The levy is $253,047 less, a 6.03 decrease, than the payable 2013 levy of $4,195,067. No member of the public attended...

NEW LONDON — The New London-Spicer School Board on Monday approved a resolution to terminate and not renew the contracts of three district teachers or employees. The three include Helen Baldwin, middle school art instructor; Serena Gutnik, media specialist; and Marcia Knutson,...

Spring sports in the area are making a valiant attempt to get underway. The Ridgewater softball team’s games against Minnesota West scheduled for Tuesday have been postponed, but the Warriors are still expecting to travel to Worthington for games on Wednesday. The New London-Spicer...

The annual Wild-Card girls basketball tournament commences on Friday in New London. The tournament, which alternates between New London-Spicer High School and Willmar High School, begins with the Cardinals playing Minnehaha Academy at 6 p.m. New London-Spicer takes on Heritage Christian...